1 Topic by Steph1014 (edited by Steph1014 2011-05-17 16:35)

  • Registered: 2011-05-17
  • Posts: 2

Topic: Check for updates fails

I've been running PunBB for 2 years and have never been able to check for updates of either the forum or the installed extensions.
This is not a temporary issue, it's never worked. I'm running version 1.3.
I've read somewhere that the PHP init on the server needs to have the option to download files over http On and I've verified that's the case. I've also cleared the cache multiple times.
Any idea?

Administrator Alerts
PunBB updates: The latest attempt at checking for updates against the punbb.informer.com updates service failed. This probably just means that the service is temporarily overloaded or out of order. However, if this alert does not disappear within a day or two, you should disable the automatic check for updates and check for updates manually in the future.

Also:
ERROR! PunBB Repository is inaccessible now. Try to check it later.

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  • Registered: 2008-10-31
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Re: Check for updates fails

Try this link 

http://punbb.informer.com/update/?versi … ;hotfixes=

  • Registered: 2011-05-17
  • Posts: 2

Re: Check for updates fails

Thanks for the link. It does report the latest version but I'm not sure how that solves the issue I'm having.

I may not have explained properly. My problem is that the page at /admin/index.php reports a failure to check for the latest version.
The URL you mention is what the admin/index.php is supposed to check according to the code:
$punbb_updates = '<a href="http://punbb.informer.com/update/?version='.urlencode($forum_config['o_cur_version']).'&amp;hotfixes='.implode(',', $hotfixes).'">'.$lang_admin_index['Check for updates manual'].'</a>';

Unfortunately, that leads to the error message I mentioned in the original message. Is there a reason why this call would fail when send from my hosting server? The fact that the check for updated extensions also fails may suggest that my ISP is not allowing the response to come through?